Escutcheon-plate.



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BSGUTGHEON PLATE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 5 1914.

Patented-Jan. 12, 1915.

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facilitaiethe insertion of the key'in the lock,

is also nay purpose to provide an es cntcliecn piece which will carry an'elec'ei'ic incandescent lamp end a swiificli controlling iihe lamp andlocated upon the place within ccnwnient reach so that the circuit of thele i may be closed and the lati'er illumialoe lamp beingso'posiiionecl'upon 4 e plate ihac chc rays of light therefrom will beprojectecl across an opening in the place for the i l lzb look wherebythe keyhole \3' h of the laiierwill illuminated. Fil'ifcilQIInOl'Q, I nto provide en esciitclieon plate which ay be illiuninaied at anytimedesired anei l. iereby the lame and switch contioiling the may bereadily ancl quickly :einoved and applied to theplate. With the aboveand other objects in'view, the invention consists in theconsti'uction,combination and arrangement of parts hereinaftei' set forth in andfalling Within the scope of the claim. f

In the accompanyingdrawing; Figure l is a View in frontelevation of encecal-ch eon plate constructed in cccordence y iifilo. the presentinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional View thi Ling now tothe chewing in detail, gnatcs a vertical escutcliecn plate havrnnlzenpanel 2 ornamented inscme suit able mannez: Formed in the plate 1 ad.-cine-upper end thereof is an ogendos ned to receive the forward end of apoint below the s formed with an ape1iure While cuitfwitlf the switch 5and with gli elieiplete; Fig. V16 aliez'efiwougn. I

the frontface thereof formed "so proviae 3 1 approximately I back faceof the escnicli eon plate immediately below the aperture therein is aSWliHFl'l caslng 5 containing an electrio Cll'Cilli; controlling switchembodying push bulbous 6, 7 Woi'king Within apertures 63 formed. in theQSCHtCllQOIL plate and by means of which the switch may be opened andclosed repectively. Leading from the uppenend of iheoasing 5 is aconduit 8 termlnating in too ope'rfiuref'in the escutclieon 65 atluitaoi y fixed to the front face of the escut'oheon plate andsurrounding the forward end of zinc conduit 8 is a semi-bowl shapedreceptacle 9 opening towgard the upper end of ihe plate and. seatedwithin the receptacle 9 upon the-lootiom wall thereof is a receptacle l0cei'rylng an incandescent lamp 11, the lamp receptacle being connected.1n c1rsource of electrical energy, the Wires lead mg from ace switchcasing. through the conduit 8. The inner Wall of the semi-bowl j shapedreceptacle 9 is preferably out out to fO IH'L a reflector and, when thelamp is illuminated, projects-the rays "of light up Wardly along theouter face of the cscnizcln eon plate and acroes the opening 3 thereofiliereby illuminating em keyhole of the night lock so that such keyholemay be 35 readily and quickly located; v At a. point below the semi-bowlshape recemacle 9 and approximately centrally of its which theescutcheonplate is formed with an opening 1:2 through which passes theknob spindle l3. of'iahe door latch, a,

sleeve 1 surrounding the spindlel and having one enol roating Within the-opening 12 in the esouizclie'en plate and the oppositcenol equippedwith e knob 15, the sleeve 14k be- 'ing fixed. ecilie spindle 15 so thatin l1e 370-" cation of the knob the spindle will eerevolveql' s; c

The outer face of the escut'cheon plate etthe mar i-nal ed esof thesunken. anel2 is- 19 g e P suitably ornamented While 'the 'outei' wel'l;ofthe bowl, the outer face oftheknob and; that portion of the panel 2'su'rrounkling the. opening 3 are forniecleio produce an-0m mentalefi'ect.

connection with the accompanying drawi i the construction and mode "ofoperaiz ons-of my invention Will. be readily \apparent,

It will be seen thaiwhen the loui'ton'fi' iS 1i1 0 I pushed the switch 5will be closed and illelamp 11 illumin'aieii whereby the reflecting asuitable 7 v .i 1e" From fiche foregoing description iaken'm therebybreakingthe circuit and extinguishing the lamp.

\Vhile I have herein shown and described one preferred form of myinvention by Way of illustration, 1 wish it to he understood. that 1 donot limit or confine myself to the precise details of constructionherein. de

variation may he made within the scope of she claim without departingfzror'i ibhe spirit of the invention.

I claim: An escutcheon plate having- 'mi opei'iing formed thereinadjacent 'to the upper end 'ecriberl and delineated, as nioclilicz tionand thereof he receive "he might look, a eemihowl shaped receptac esecured. to the face of serial @leie bi w ihe opening 'tl'ierein, enelcclzrio lamp wifshin said receptacle, ehe inner face of said.receptacle acting as a lo flectorto throw the rays of light across theopenin seiclplate lacing formed with openings beow said receo'baclespaced apart (G15 tically, and an electric circuit controlling pushbutton switch secured to the rear face ofsaid plate and. hevin thebuttons; thereof projecting througl'i the last-mentioned open,- ings andconnected in circuit 'Wlfl'l. said lamp whereby the latter may beilluminated and. extinguishefl.

In testimony whereof xiii in presence of B'JWO Witnessee sig nzihzreWitnesses STA? nix-c Smorisixn Emmy tgiizolasi r.

